What hypoxia feels like, and how to prevent it - taking a Cessna 182 to 15,000 feet

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Every pilot has read about hypoxia, the state of oxygen deprivation that can sneak up on you at high altitudes. But what does it really feel like? And what can you do to monitor your personal oxygen status? Go flying with two Sporty's flight instructors in this video to get honest answers to these questions. You'll ride along in a Cessna 182 as they climb up to 15,000 feet - one pilot on oxygen and one not on oxygen.
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[@markmotter7060]

My understanding of hypoxia is that it does not have a feeling in the beginning other than euphoria, which is what makes it so insidious and therefore dangerous. The last thing you think you need is more oxygen. On one night flight after two hours at 11,500 I did see the effects in my night vision, or lack thereof

[@scottmanley]

I've done something similar at 14,500 with another pilot on oxygen, while I was right seat operating controls and doing mental arithmetic problems. The question I have is, could I have legally logged it as flight time?

[@sportyspilotshop]

A great barstool debate. Probably not, but it’s a great one to argue over.

[@wtfsalommy3250]

Acclimation is wild. Even after several years of leaving the mountains at 5000ft,went back east to about 400ft above sea level. Fast forward to to several more years,i went to The Rockies out in CoSprings about 6k ft. I took some tylenol for the begining of my headache. A hour later the head was fine and the air mildly thinner. Never had a problem after that. Even plainning out at 10,000 across Colorado Hypoxia is dangerous as a mother,if you dont know what to look for. i.e. Cars and RVs too

[@moosejohnson6098]

That blonde haired guy is my instructor, he is pretty cool.

[@doctorz102649]

Many years ago, the Air Force would let civil pilots experience their altitude chamber training. Initial classroom training taught us about hypoxia and the 15 or so symptoms one might experience. Then up to 25,000 feet in the altitude chamber where we did math problems while observing symptoms. Our goal was to find the first symptom for us personally - mine was a tingling in the finger nails. The idea was to identify that before euphoria sets in. Then we did a rapid depressurization from 8,000 to 35,000 feet in 15 seconds. They warned us that rapid depressurization of body cavities might form green clouds in the chamber. It does create fog as moisture condenses in the chilled air and each of us checked each other out to detect any green clouds, but apparently no one had eaten beans for breakfast.

[@PaulBellard]

Not sure your video actually 'showed' any effects we couldn't read about in a book.

[@wtfsalommy3250]

Oh cmon maaan

[@happykillmore349]

Because the video is just a spam ad for their scammy sensor

[@Cess08van]

They just about sold me a pulse oxymeter had they explained what a cannula is!😂

[@barrymorse8810]

I don't understand your point.

[@pooppopist]

Why or why not does this cause permanent brain damage?

[@barrymorse8810]

This is a video about short-term cognitive impairment caused by not enough dissolved oxygen in the blood. It isn't about long-term health. However, if you want to learn more, consider that oxygen is needed to remove carbon from the blood as CO2. Too little oxygen results in blood carbon builds up: the blood becomes acidic. Knowing that, you can search the internet for information about the long term effects of acidosis.